“…we are not creatures of ONLY love and light as watered down spirituality would have you believe– we are forces of light AND dark. To know one without the other is to know neither AT ALL!”

It is time we honor and accept the whole spectrum of human emotion that lies within – joy, bliss, love AND fear, lust, anger, resistance… I call this second set of gals and guys the EMOTIONAL OUTLAWS.

Nature is both loving and destructive; both welcoming and terrifying; forgiving and fierce; nurturing and soul-shaping (and that last one is not necessarily in a gentle way). And so is each of us – we contain the all within us – just like the Great Mother. Then what we choose to express can be up to us at any given time.

But we can only be a master of our expression in the world if we honor all facets of ourselves first– the moment we deny one of the emotional outlaws we sign away our power.

Empowerment rises, not from pretending something does not exist, but from looking at it straight on with two eyes wide open.

KNOW THYSELF – now that was a good bit of advice.

So the next time one of your emotional outlaws shows up to the party, I invite you to welcome them into the fold of your being. And give it some space to be what it is.

Because the truth is, they are frequent visitors already! It’s simply a matter of whether or not you choose to acknowledge their presence when they drop in for a visit.

I am not suggesting we “lash out” on others. Ever. In fact, quite the opposite.

But we can never be fully in our power, in a place where we can be a force of love and service in the world if we have not made peace with our own inner turmoil.

Welcoming the EMOTIONAL OUTLAWS:

Breathe with the emotion.

Do NOT expect anything of them. Making demands never got us very far.

Try to accept it as it is.

Perhaps say, “Anger you are welcome here.”

Or maybe: “Fear, I see you. It’s okay I feel fear right now.”

Feel it fully – not to make it go away but to know it. This is what loosens its control over you.

Because you don’t want it to bite you or someone else in the ass when you least expect it. 🙂

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